🪨 Raw Material
Add information about the raw materials consumed by your installation during your specified reporting period.
The emissions associated with your raw materials are classified as process emissions and they will contribute to your direct (Scope 1) emissions.
Under the EU CBAM, raw materials can also be classified as source streams.
Our platform currently supports the calculation-based approach, which is one of the two approaches permitted by the EU CBAM. This approach, in turn, distinguishes between two methods: the standard method and the mass balance method. We explain these methods in more detail here.
Unless you operate an integrated steel mill or produce sintered ore, pig iron, or crude steel, use the standard method.
Right-click on External Inputs > Raw Material
Select the Standard calculation method
Select the Raw Material
You can also create a new type of Raw Material by typing its name and clicking Create
Please note: If you create a new type of Raw Material, you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the conversion factor.
Select the Measurement Unit
Enter the Quantity
If applicable, enter an alternative Emission Factor
If applicable, add any Notes
Click Next
Right-click on External Inputs > Raw Material
Select the Mass Balance calculation method
Select the Raw Material
You can also create a new type of Raw Material by typing its name and clicking Create
Please note: If you create a new type of Raw Material, you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the conversion factor.
Select the Measurement Unit
Enter the Quantity
If applicable, enter an alternative Emission Factor
If applicable, add any Notes
Click Next
Right-click on External Inputs > Raw Material
Click Edit
Click Next to save your changes
Right-click on Raw Material
Click Delete
For calculating emissions from fuels and materials, the EU CBAM allows the use of various data sources, some of which are considered to be of higher quality than others. The highest-quality data source is laboratory analysis, which can be used to determine calculation factors such as carbon content, emission factor, and/or conversion factor of the raw materials consumed by your installation.
Alternatively, you may use a proxy for the carbon content or emission factor, provided you establish an empirical correlation at least once per year using laboratory analysis. The key difference is that, with this approach, laboratory analysis is only required once a year to establish the correlation, rather than for each batch of material, which helps reduce monitoring costs.
The lowest-quality data, though still permitted when other options are technically unfeasible or would incur unreasonable costs, is the use of standard values. The image below illustrates the hierarchy of these data sources based on their quality.
You have two options:
- Use the database of standard values provided by us (Carbon Glance) Please note that our database may not include global or country-specific data for every type of raw material. In cases where data is missing, no values will be automatically pre-filled, and you will need to input them manually. If you'd like us to add calculation factors for a specific type of raw material, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]
- Input your own values You can use standard values from data sources you already use for other carbon accounting frameworks, or even data from higher data quality sources. It's very important to specify the source of these values in the Notes field to ensure transparency.
Currently, we use the following data sources for the emission factor of raw materials: